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Equipment
Karrie Webb earned a super career slam - all five major titles available in her career - with a victory at the Women's British Open, using a Titleist Pro V1 golf ball, Pro Titanium 975J driver, Pro Trajectory 975F fairway metal, Forged 690 irons, Vokey Design wedges and a Scotty Cameron by Titleist putter as well as a Titleist glove and FootJoy shoes.
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Tiger Woods wore CHAMP brand spikes during his win at the Buick Open. Four other top-10 finishers at the tournament also used CHAMP 6mm Cer-Mec spikes, and a total of 33 percent of the field relied on the brand.
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Buick Open winner Tiger Woods was one of 13 players using the Nike Golf Forged Titanium Driver last week at the Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club.
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Callaway Golf Staff Professional Paul Lawrie wins the Celtic Manor Resort Wales Open using the company's Big Bertha C4 Driver, HX golf ball and Odyssey White Hot "2-Ball" Putter.
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Callaway Golf releases two new models of the Odyssey White Hot "2-Ball" putter in mid and long lengths.
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Twilight Tracer LLC successfully introduces its new regulation golf ball that contains motion activated LED lights at the PGA Fall Golf Expo.
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Technology
Cybergolf announces that it has signed up Bear Ridge Golf Club in Waco, Texas, to use its Broadcast Email Blast System with new electronic Survey Creator & Stats Tracking features. Bear Ridge Golf Club is managed by Kemper Sports Management.
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SoBe beverages, sponsor of PGA tour professional John Daly, has teamed with Kewazinga Corp. to provide an interactive version of John's famous golf swing on its Web site, www.sobebev.com.
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Courses
Royce Brook Golf Club in New Jersey announces partnerships with top area hotels for weekend stay and play packages and corporate golf/meetings arrangements. Royce Brook also will host the American Red Cross DiFeo Lexus Corporate Shootout and Team Scramble Oct. 4 and the third Annual Smyers' Cup Invitational Oct. 6-7.
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Sponsorship
PGA Worldwide Golf Exhibitions has agreed to assist with capital contributions, marketing support and facilities for the 2003 ING Industry Honors Awards.
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Players
After winning the Buick Open, World No. 1 Tiger Woods extends his lead in the official World Golf Rankings to 7.03 points and completes 156 consecutive weeks as the world's best. Runner-up Mark O'Meara moved 29 places to No. 92.
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Hale Irwin's third victory of the season increases his lead in the Charles Schwab Cup to a season-high 809 points over Doug Tewell.
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Hale Irwin moves up three places in the Senior Power Performance Rankings with his victory at the 3M Championship. With a second-place finish, Hubert Green advances from 26th to 21st.
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Tournaments
The Scottish Golf Union and the Ladies' Golf Union put forward a joint bid aimed at bringing the 2006 World Amateur Team Championships to St. Andrews Resort and Spa in Scotland.
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Publications
Co-op marketing group GolfOrlando, comprised of 30 Orlando-area golf courses, plans to produce a new in-market publication, GolfOrlando Magazine, set to launch this fall.
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Briefly
NIKE's Board of Directors declares a cash dividend of 12 cents per share on its outstanding Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock payable Oct. 2 to shareholders of record at the close of business Sept. 16. ...
Clothing company Tehama adds two new members, Joe Coors, Jr. and Frederick Otto, to its nine-member Board of Directors. -

Tee Box
Week of Aug. 15-18

PGA OF AMERICA
PGA Championship
Dates: Aug. 15-18
Site: Chaska, Minn.
Course: Hazeltine National Golf Club (par 72, 7,360 yards)
Purse: TBA.
Television: TNT (Thurs.-Fri., 2-8 p.m., Sat.-Sun., 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.), CBS (Sat., 2-8 p.m., Sun., 2-7 p.m.)
Radio: PGA TOUR Radio (Sat.-Sun., 4-7 p.m.)
Internet: www.pga.com
2001 Champion: David Toms (66-65-65-69--265, 15-under)

LPGA TOUR
Bank of Montreal Canadian Women's Open
Dates: Aug. 15-18
Site: Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec, Canada
Course: Summerlea Golf and Country Club (Yardage and par TBA)
Purse: $1.2 million. Winner's Share: $180,000.
Television: Oxygen (Sat.-Sun., 3-5 p.m.)
Internet: www.lpga.com
2001 Champion: Annika Sorenstam (71-68-64-69--272, 16-under)

EUROPEAN TOUR/CHALLENGE TOUR
North West of Ireland Open
Dates: Aug. 15-18
Site: Donegal, Ireland
Course: Ballyliffin GC (Glashedy Links) (par 70, 7,135 yards)
Purse: 350,000 euros. Winner's Share: 58,330 euros.
Television: None.
Internet: www.europeantour.com
2001 Champion: Tobias Dier (66-68-66-71--271, 17-under)

BUY.COM TOUR
Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open
Dates: Aug. 15-18
Site: Wichita, Kan.
Course: Crestview Country Club (North Course) (par 70, 6,864 yards)
Purse: $425,000. Winner's Share: $76,500.
Television: None.
Internet: www.pgatour.com
2001 Champion: Jason Dufner (67-67-64-68--266, 22-under)

OTHER TOURNAMENTS

European Seniors Tour: Travis Perkins Senior Masters, Aug. 16-18, Wentworth Club, Surrey, England.

Canadian Tour: Greater Toronto Open, Aug. 15-18, Mandarin Golf and Country Club, Markham, Ontario, Canada.

Japan LPGA Tour: NEC Karuizawa 72 Golf Tournament, Aug. 16-18, Karuizawa 72 GC, Nagano, Japan.

Ladies European Tour: Compaq Open, Vasatorp GC, Helsingborg, Sweden.

NGA/Hooters Tour: Grand Bear Classic, Aug. 15-18, Grand Bear GC, Saucier, Miss.

Futures Tour: York Newspaper Company Futures Classic, Aug. 16-18, Briarwood Golf Club, York, Pa.

USGA: U.S. Women's Amateur, Aug. 12-17, Sleepy Hollow Country Club, Scarborough, N.Y.

 

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